

A review in The New York Times Book Review called one of her short stories “simply perfect.”

In addition to mysteries for intermediate readers, her books include picture books award-winning short story collections and nonfiction, ranging from textbooks to the widely acclaimed, co-edited We Wait in the Darkness: An Anthology of American Indian Prose and Poetry. A Trick of the Light, Chills Run Down My Spine, a Jackie was the author of more than fifteen books, including the hugely successful Super Sleuth series, published in hardcover by Putnam and later as best-selling book club paperbacks. A review in The New York Times Book Review called one of her short stories “simply perfect.” Super Sleuth was a “Best Book” selection of the American Child Study Association and was serialized on the PBS television program The Reach-Around Gang. Jackie was the author of more than fifteen books, including the hugely successful Super Sleuth series, published in hardcover by Putnam and later as best-selling book club paperbacks.
